Croomia
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Croomia is a genus of primitive angiosperm herbs in the Stemonaceae
Stemonaceae
Stemonaceae is a family of flowering plants, consisting of three or four genera with between 25-35 species. The APG II system places it in the order Pandanales, in the monocots...

 Family. Three species are known. Croomia heterosepala and C. japonica are found in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

; C. pauciflora occurs in the southeastern United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. They grow in moist shady woods. Their small flowers are borne under the leaves.

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